The Line That Haunts Me

One of my favorite Tribe Called Quest songs is “Jazz”. I just listened to it a moment ago and there is one line in particular that continues to haunt me, “the aim is to succeed and acheive by 21”. When this song came out, I was 19. The timing of 2 more years til lift off seemed reasonable. Now, 16 years later, I am still waiting for my slice of cake. My Oscar. My penthouse apartment in the sky.

This blog’s slogan is “hustlers unite”. Everyday I’m hustling. I’ll probably be like Tupac. Dead and still hustling. Perhaps what keeps my hustling in gear is my belief that I have yet to succeed. That’s something to chew on. The value we create in not having. Not being.

A Bit About Auntie Carrie

Named after my Aunt Carrie who was friends with Billie Holiday, an alleged numbers runner and the unofficial mayor of the Bronx. First parties. Now a blog. Both to celebrate my friends: the most beautiful innovators and hustlers around. Plus to spotlight artists, nightspots, products and events Auntie would slide up to.